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Introduction to Complex Trauma and Trauma Informed Care

This course will provide information and an opportunity to reflect on how your service can be a safe and empowering environment for staff and service users.

At a glance

Course type: Practical
Who should attend? Front line support workers, Managers

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This course will give you the practical skills needed to help clients improve self awareness, build motivation and self-esteem, break free from unhelpful behavioural patterns, and take responsibility for their actions and choices.

A mixture of training methods is used on this course. You will explore typical problems faced by professionals that work with vulnerable people, such as the tendency to attribute “blame” on to others and resistance to pro-activity. The blend of approaches is designed to ensure that you will gain insights that are of immediate, practical use in your everyday working life.

Delegates will also be given some practical resources for working in a trauma-informed way and will learn to recognise vicarious/secondary trauma within themselves and how to overcome it.

Who is this course for?

Frontline homelessness workers with basic or limited knowledge of trauma

Frontline homelessness workers with little experience in the field

Staff from other sectors who have contact with homeless people/people with complex needs

Organisations who are not yet, or are in the early stages of, working in a psychologically informed way

What will you learn?

This one day course provides:

An introduction to complex trauma and its effect on attachment and the brain

An introduction to Trauma Informed Care and practical tips on supporting clients to regulate emotion, manage behavior and risks and creating safe and empowering services

An opportunity for you to reflect on your practice in relation to the above

Vicarious trauma and looking after yourself

Delegates will be provided with a handbook of resources.

Please note: due to the sensitive nature of this training course, delegates might feel anxious or upset by some of the course content if it relates to their own experiences. It is essential that they are aware of the course content beforehand, in order to be emotionally prepared for the day. Please ensure that all delegates read this course outline ahead of the training. They will be able to step out during the session if needed. There is no requirement for delegates to share personal experiences on this course.